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Rom. 12:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that βgiveth, let him do it γwith simplicity; hei that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulnessk.

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or, imparted.

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liberally.

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Psa. 101:2• ²I will behave myself wisely in an upright way:{HR}When wilt thou come unto me?{HR}I will walk within my house in uprightness of my heart. (Psa. 101:2)

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2 Cor. 9:7• ⁷each as he hath purposed in his heart, not of sorrow or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver. (2 Cor. 9:7)

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exhorteth.

Acts 13:15• ¹⁵And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Brethren if ye have any word of exhortation for the people speak. (Acts 13:15)

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Acts 15:32• ³²And Judas and Silas, being themselves also prophets, exhorted the brethren with much discourse, and strengthened [them]. (Acts 15:32)

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Acts 20:2• ²And having gone through those parts and exhorted them with much discourse, he came into Greece. (Acts 20:2)

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1 Cor. 14:3• ³But he that prophesieth speaketh to men edification, and encouragement, and comfort. (1 Cor. 14:3)

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1 Thess. 2:3• ³For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile; (1 Thess. 2:3)

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1 Tim. 4:13• ¹³Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching. (1 Tim. 4:13)

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Heb. 10:25• ²⁵not forsaking the gathering of ourselves together as [is] a custom for some, but encouraging, and by so much rather as ye see the day drawing near. (Heb. 10:25)

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Heb. 13:22• ²²But I exhort you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation, for also briefly do I write to you. (Heb. 13:22)

giveth.

or, imparteth.

Rom. 12:13• ¹³communicating to the wants of the saints, pursuing hospitality. (Rom. 12:13)

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Deut. 15:8‑11,14• ⁸{i}but thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto him, and shalt certainly lend him on pledge what is sufficient for his need, in that which he lacketh.{/i}
⁹{i}Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be sin in thee.{/i}
¹⁰{i}Thou shalt bountifully give unto him, and thy heart shall not be evil-disposed when thou givest unto him; because for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all the business of thy hand.{/i}
¹¹{i}For the needy shall never cease from within the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land.{/i}
¹⁴{i}thou shalt certainly furnish him from thy sheep, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of what Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee with shalt thou give unto him.{/i} (Deut. 15:8‑11,14)

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Job 31:16‑20• ¹⁶If I kept back the poor from [their] desire,{HR}And the eyes of the widow made to pine,
¹⁷Or ate my morsel by myself,{HR}And the orphan had not eaten of it
¹⁸(For from my path I brought him up as a father,{HR}And her I guided from my mother’s womb);
¹⁹If I saw [any] perishing without clothing,{HR}And the needy without covering;
²⁰If his loins blessed me not,{HR}And he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; (Job 31:16‑20)

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Psa. 112:9• ⁹He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor;{HR}His righteousness standeth forever,{HR}His horn shall be exalted with glory. (Psa. 112:9)

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Prov. 22:9• ⁹He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed,{HR}For he giveth of his bread to the poor. (Prov. 22:9)

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Eccl. 11:1‑2,6• ¹Cast thy bread on the face of the waters,{HR}For after many days thou shalt find it.
²Give a portion to seven, and also to eight,{HR}For thou knowest not what evil shall be on the earth.
⁶In the morning sow thy seed,{HR}And in the evening withhold not thine hand:{HR}For thou knowest not which shall prosper,{HR}Whether this or that,{HR}Or whether they both shall be alike good. (Eccl. 11:1‑2,6)

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Isa. 32:5,8• ⁵The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said [to be] bountiful.
⁸But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and in liberal things doth he stand. (Isa. 32:5,8)

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Isa. 58:7‑11• ⁷[Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor wanderers to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
⁸Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearward.
⁹Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I [am]. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and the speaking vanity;
¹⁰and [if] thou proffer thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity [be] as the noonday:
¹¹and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters deceive not. (Isa. 58:7‑11)

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Matt. 6:2‑4• ²When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be glorified by men: Verily I say to you, They do get their reward.
³But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right doeth,
⁴that thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father that seeth in secret will repay to thee. (Matt. 6:2‑4)

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Matt. 25:40• ⁴⁰And the King answering shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did [it] to me. (Matt. 25:40)

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Luke 21:1‑4• ¹And he looked up and saw the rich casting their gifts into the treasury,
²but he saw also a certain poor widow casting into it two mites.
³And he said, Verily I say unto you, that this poor woman hath cast in more than all;
⁴for all these out of their abundance have cast into the gifts, but she out of her need hath cast in all the living which she had. (Luke 21:1‑4)

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Acts 2:44‑46• ⁴⁴And all that believed were together, and had all things common,
⁴⁵and sold their possessions and substance, and distributed them to all according as anyone had need.
⁴⁶And day by day, continuing with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they did take their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, (Acts 2:44‑46)

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Acts 4:33‑35• ³³And with great power did the apostles render the witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus; and great grace was upon them all.
³⁴For neither was there anyone in want among them; for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold [them] and brought the prices of the things that were being sold
³⁵and laid [them] at the feet of the apostles; and distribution was made to each according as anyone had need. (Acts 4:33‑35)

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Acts 11:28‑30• ²⁸And there stood up one from among them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that a great famine was about to be over all the habitable [earth]; which came to pass under Claudius. g
²⁹And according as any of the disciples had means, they determined each of them to send help to the brethren that dwelt in Judea
³⁰which also they did, despatching [it] unto the elders by [the] hand of Barnabas and Saul. (Acts 11:28‑30)

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2 Cor. 8:1‑9,12• ¹Now we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God that is given in f the assemblies of Macedonia;
²that in much trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality;
³because according to power [I bear witness] and beyond power [they gave] of their own accord,
⁴asking of us with much entreaty the grace and the fellowship of the ministering unto the saints; g
⁵and this not as we hoped, but their own selves they gave first to the Lord and to us by the will of God;
⁶so that we exhorted Titus, that, even as he before began, so he would also complete as to you this grace also;
⁷but as ye abound in everything, faith and word and knowledge and all diligence and love from you to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also.
⁸I speak not by way of commandment, but through the diligence of others proving the genuineness of your love also.
⁹For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he being rich became poor, in order that ye by his poverty might become rich.
¹²For if the readiness be there, [one is] accepted according to what he may have, not according to what he hath not. (2 Cor. 8:1‑9,12)

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1 Thess. 2:8• ⁸so yearning over you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls because ye became beloved by us. (1 Thess. 2:8)

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1 Peter 4:9‑11• ⁹hospitable toward one another without murmuring;
¹⁰according as each received a gift, ministering it toward each other as good stewards of God's various grace:
¹¹if one speak, [let it be] as oracles of God; if one ministereth, as of strength which God supplieth; that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the might unto the ages of the ages. Amen. (1 Peter 4:9‑11)

with simplicity.

or, liberally.

2 Cor. 1:12• ¹²For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience that in holiness f and sincerity before God, not in carnal wisdom but in God's grace, we conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly towards you. (2 Cor. 1:12)

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2 Cor. 8:2• ²that in much trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality; (2 Cor. 8:2)

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2 Cor. 11:3• ³But I fear lest by any means, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craft, your thoughts should be corrupted from the simplicity that is toward Christ. (2 Cor. 11:3)

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Eph. 6:5• ⁵Bondmen, obey your masters according to flesh with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to the Christ; (Eph. 6:5)

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Col. 3:22• ²²Bondmen, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart fearing the Lord. (Col. 3:22)

ruleth.

Rom. 13:6• ⁶For on this account ye pay tribute also; for they are God's officers, ever attending unto this very thing. (Rom. 13:6)

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Gen. 18:19• ¹⁹For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of Jehovah, to do justice and judgment; that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. (Gen. 18:19)

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Psa. 101:1‑8• ¹A psalm of David.{HR}Of mercy and judgment I will sing;{HR}Unto thee, Jehovah, I will sing praises.
²I will behave myself wisely in an upright way:{HR}When wilt thou come unto me?{HR}I will walk within my house in uprightness of my heart.
³I will set nothing of Belial before mine eyes;{HR}I hate the doing of those that turn aside ;{HR}It shall not cleave to me.
⁴A perverse heart shall depart from me:{HR}Evil I will not know.
⁵Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour,{HR}Him I will cut off;{HR}The lofty of eyes and proud of heart,{HR}Him will I not suffer.
⁶Mine eyes [shall be] on the faithful of the land to dwell with me;{HR}He that walketh in an upright way shall serve me.
⁷He that doeth guile shall not dwell within my house;{HR}He that speaketh falsehoods shall not be established before mine eyes.
⁸Morning by morning (in the mornings) will I cut off all the wicked of the land,{HR}To destroy from the city of Jehovah all doers of iniquity. (Psa. 101:1‑8)

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Acts 13:12• ¹²Then the pro-consul seeing what was done believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord. (Acts 13:12)

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Acts 20:28• ²⁸Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit set you overseers to tend the assembly of God, which he purchased with his own blood. (Acts 20:28)

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1 Cor. 12:28• ²⁸And God set some in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then powers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, kinds of tongues. (1 Cor. 12:28)

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1 Thess. 5:12‑14• ¹²Now we beseech you, brethren, to know those that labour among you and are over you in [the] Lord and admonish you,
¹³and to esteem them exceedingly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
¹⁴And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, support the weak, be long-suffering toward all. (1 Thess. 5:12‑14)

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1 Tim. 3:4‑5• ⁴one that ruleth well his own house, having children in subjection with all gravity,
⁵(but if one knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he care for God's assembly?), (1 Tim. 3:4‑5)

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1 Tim. 5:17• ¹⁷Let the elders that preside well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they that labour in word and teaching. (1 Tim. 5:17)

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Heb. 13:7,17,24• ⁷Remember your leaders the which spoke to you the word of God; and considering the issue of their conduct imitate their faith.
¹⁷Obey your leaders, and be submissive, for they watch over your souls, as those that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this [were] unprofitable for you.
²⁴Salute all your leaders, and all the saints. They from Italy salute you. (Heb. 13:7,17,24)

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1 Peter 5:2‑3• ²Tend the flock of God that [is] among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity but willingly, not for base gain, but readily,
³nor as lording it over your allotments, but becoming models of the flock. (1 Peter 5:2‑3)

with diligence.

Eccl. 9:10• ¹⁰Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do,{HR}Do with thy might;{HR}For there is no work, nor device,{HR}Nor knowledge, nor wisdom,{HR}In Sheol whither thou goest. (Eccl. 9:10)

shewth.

Deut. 16:11,14‑15• ¹¹and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant{i}, and the Levite that is in thy gates{/i}, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you {i}in the place that Jehovah thy God will choose to cause his name to dwell there{/i}.
¹⁴{i}And{/i} thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son and thy daughter{i}, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in thy gates{/i}.
¹⁵Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah shall choose: because Jehovah thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the increase of thine hands; therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. (Deut. 16:11,14‑15)

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Psa. 37:21• ²¹The wicked [man] borroweth and payeth not,{HR}But the righteous [man] hath compassion and giveth. (Psa. 37:21)

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Isa. 64:5• ⁵Thou meetest him that rejoiceth to work righteousness, [those that] remember thee in thy ways (behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned): in those is perpetuity, and we shall be saved. (Isa. 64:5)

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2 Cor. 9:7• ⁷each as he hath purposed in his heart, not of sorrow or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver. (2 Cor. 9:7)

• "Exhortation" is spiritual ministry from the Word of God that presses home some great truth in a practical way. It is more specific than the exhortation mentioned in prophecy. (“Lecture 11: The Head of the Corner” by W. Reid)

• Ruling is leading and organizing things in connection with the practical arrangements of the assembly. (“Lecture 11: The Head of the Corner” by W. Reid)

• Giving has to do with one who is willing to sacrifice his time or money in the service of the Lord in some way…..It is to be done in "simplicity"—that is, without hidden motives of getting a return from the persons to whom the gifts are given (Luke 6:34-35). (“God's Righteousness Demonstrated in Practical Life: Romans 12-15” by B. Anstey)

• Showing mercy is a special gift of expressing sympathy and comfort. A person with this gift may be seen doing hospital visitation and such the like. (“God's Righteousness Demonstrated in Practical Life: Romans 12-15” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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or he that exhorts, in exhortation; he that gives, in simplicitym; he that leads, with diligence; he that shews mercy, with cheerfulness.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "with liberality"; from "giving without hesitation," or "not avoiding to give on false excuses," it has come to mean "readily and liberally."

W. Kelly Translation

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or he that exhorteth, in exhortation; he that bestoweth, with simplicitya; he that presidethb, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.

WK Translation Notes

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This in effect is "liberality."

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To render this word "ruleth" is a deduction from the close meaning of "presideth," though perhaps allowable and true.